Comments on: 7 Dirty Words You Can Sometimes Read On Blogs (UPDATED) http://themoderatevoice.com/11239/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:57:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: harperbruce http://themoderatevoice.com/11239/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-56517 harperbruce Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:20:22 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/blogging/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/#comment-56517 A tricky thing, dependent (as you note) on personal standards of what's vulgar. At the risk of getting this comment edited (grin), I'll use a rare "hell" or "damn" in an article on the Mews (frankly, the kids I went to school with in the 60s and 70s cursed far worse); but <em>never</em> any more than that. And I also police the comments left to keep that kind of thing out. A tricky thing, dependent (as you note) on personal standards of what’s vulgar. At the risk of getting this comment edited (grin), I’ll use a rare “hell” or “damn” in an article on the Mews (frankly, the kids I went to school with in the 60s and 70s cursed far worse); but never any more than that. And I also police the comments left to keep that kind of thing out.

]]> By: Michael van der Galien http://themoderatevoice.com/11239/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-56265 Michael van der Galien Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:33:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/blogging/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/#comment-56265 In 99% of the cases, 'dirty words' don't add anything. There are circumstances in which they do, but those are very exceptional. In personal conversations I swear, but in blogposts not. It brings down the quality of the site imo. In 99% of the cases, ‘dirty words’ don’t add anything. There are circumstances in which they do, but those are very exceptional.

In personal conversations I swear, but in blogposts not. It brings down the quality of the site imo.

]]> By: Tully http://themoderatevoice.com/11239/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-56257 Tully Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:17:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/blogging/7-dirty-words-you-can-sometimes-read-on-blogs/#comment-56257 It wasn't exactly a scientific survey that Patrick Ishmael did at <a href="http://newsbuckit.blogspot.com/2007/02/seven-words-you-can-never-say-on.html" rel="nofollow">News Buckit</a>. There's WAY too many holes in his survey approach to take it as evidence of anything. I think the overall conclusion (left blogs being more inclined to foul langauge than right blogs) is true, but what that means is your own mileage. <em>early on I made a decision that this site would use daily newspaper and broadcast standards in terms of language — not cable TV or comedy club standards</em>. I agree, and applaud, and thank you for it. Used very occasionally, such langauge can have some utility. Used as barrage and/or bombardment, it simply indicates a lack of maturity and accomanying lack of linguistic skills on the part of the bombardier. It wasn’t exactly a scientific survey that Patrick Ishmael did at News Buckit. There’s WAY too many holes in his survey approach to take it as evidence of anything. I think the overall conclusion (left blogs being more inclined to foul langauge than right blogs) is true, but what that means is your own mileage.

early on I made a decision that this site would use daily newspaper and broadcast standards in terms of language — not cable TV or comedy club standards.

I agree, and applaud, and thank you for it. Used very occasionally, such langauge can have some utility. Used as barrage and/or bombardment, it simply indicates a lack of maturity and accomanying lack of linguistic skills on the part of the bombardier.

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